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Friday, March 2, 2012

Favorite Player: Quinton McCracken





Quinton McCracken was the leadoff hitter of the 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team, the first year they played in MLB. Quinton was a speedster, who would've been a star in my opinion, but never got the chance. He was a 2-sport star at Duke, playing football and baseball, and went from being drafted by the Rockies in 1992 to making his MLB debut in 1995. He hit .292 with 7 Home Runs and 59 RBIs in 1998 after being drafted by the Rays, and was named their first ever MVP. He missed most of '99 with a torn ACL, and then they kept him in the minors for most of 2000. He could've been a nice player if they gave him some at-bats. Quinton stuck around the Majors until 2005, and retired following the 2007 season. He worked for a few teams in the front office after he retired, most recently with the Houston Astros, winning a World Series with them last year. In 2019, he became a coach with Durham, and that makes my chances of meeting him a little better, as he has a chance of perhaps moving around and getting in a league with cities closet to me.

QUINTON MC CRACKEN CARDS I HAVE
1993 Bowman
1993 Topps Team Stadium Club
1993 Topps (ttm auto, also signed by fellow Favorite Player Brent Gates)
1993 Topps Gold
1994 Upper Deck Minors
1996 Bowman (autographed, purchased on eBay)
1996 Collector's Choice
1996 Fleer Team Set
1996 Pinnacle
1996 Score
1996 Topps custom
1996 Ultra
1997 Collector's Choice
1997 Collector's Choice Team Set
1997 Donruss
1997 Leaf
1997 Pinnacle
1997 Score
1997 Topps
1998 Bowman
1998 Collector's Choice
1998 Finest
1998 Fleer Vintage '63
1998 Pacific Paramount
1998 Pacific Revolution
1998 Robert Rodgers Rays Team set
1998 Score
1998 Score Rookie/Traded
1998 Stadium Club
1998 Topps
1998 Topps Chrome (ttm auto)
1998 Topps Gallery Player's Private Issue
1998 Upper Deck
1999 Finest Refractor
1999 Pacific Red
1999 Pacific Gold Crown
1999 Pacific Prism Gold
1999 Pacific Revolution
1999 Skybox Thunder
1999 Stadium Club
1999 Topps
1999 Topps Chrome Refractor
1999 UD Choice
1999 UD Choice Preview (ttm auto)
1999 Ultra
1999 Upper Deck
1999 Upper Deck Black Diamond
1999 Upper Deck MVP
2000 Fleer Focus
2000 Pacific Paramount
2000 Topps custom
2001 Topps Chrome Traded Refractor
2003 Topps
2003 Topps Chrome Refractor
2004 Topps
2004 Topps Total
2005 Fleer

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